Communities of Froebelian practice: Strawberry runners and the Edinburgh Froebel Network

Maureen Baker; Stella Brown; Tina Bruce; Catriona Gill; Chris Mccormick; Lynn McNair; Jane Whinnett

doi:10.4324/9781315562421-39

Communities of Froebelian practice: Strawberry runners and the Edinburgh Froebel Network

Maureen Baker, Stella Brown, Tina Bruce, Catriona Gill, Chris Mccormick, Lynn McNair, Jane Whinnett

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This chapter explores that the beginnings of the Edinburgh Froebel Network are unearthed and subjected to analysis and scrutiny, although its story continues to develop. The development of powerful communities of practice more often than not remains undocumented. Yet the fascinating ways in which such networks of early childhood educational practice have developed and influenced policy are useful to ponder and give important lessons for the future of policy-making and relevant research. The meeting of like minds, the importance of relationships and the joint workings and communications that follow are not tangible to identify. However, they play a central and critical role in the development of sustained communities of practice such as the Edinburgh Froebel Network. Kevin Brehony challenged Froebel tutors and interpreters of Froebelian practice working in the current historic time to consider the extent to which the people are always influenced by the time and place in which one locates the work and lives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge International Handbook of Froebel and Early Childhood Practice
Subtitle of host publication	Re-articulating Research and Policy
Editors	Tina Bruce, Peter Elfer, Sacha Powell, Louie Werth
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	34
Pages	231-244
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315562421
ISBN (Print)	9781138672628
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315562421-39
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2018

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Baker, M., Brown, S., Bruce, T., Gill, C., Mccormick, C., McNair, L., & Whinnett, J. (2018). Communities of Froebelian practice: Strawberry runners and the Edinburgh Froebel Network. In T. Bruce, P. Elfer, S. Powell, & L. Werth (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Froebel and Early Childhood Practice: Re-articulating Research and Policy (pp. 231-244). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315562421-39

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